ASCI.L Regulatory News (ASCI)

19 Mar 2007 16:35

Shires Smaller Companies PLC19 March 2007 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company: Shires Smaller Companies 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest: Prudential plc 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of anon-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is aholding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18: as above 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of voting rights held by each of them PRUDENTIAL HSBC GIS NOM (UK)PAC A/C 1,000,000 5) Number of voting rights of stock acquired: Disclosure made under TransparencyDirective 6) Percentage of issued class: 7) Number of voting rights of stock disposed 8) Percentage of total voting rights 9) Class of security: Ordinary 50p shares 10) Date of transaction: 16 March 2007 11) Date company informed: 19 March 2007 12) Total holding following this notification: 1,000,000 13) Total percentage holding of voting rights following this notification: 4.52% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Sonia Paterson - 0141 5722700 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification: Graeme McDonald Date of notification: 19 March 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange